Adenium oleifolium

Adenium oleifolium

Family: Apocynaceae.

Common names: Bitter Kambro.

It is a shrub, 120-400 mm tall, with a large tuberous, mostly buried stem from which the aerial branches arise. The branches are densely pubescent when young, becoming glabrous with age. The olive-green leaves are distinctly long and narrow, 50-110 Í 4-13 mm, and are crowded at the tips of the branches. The terminal inflorescence carries a few pinkish salmon or pale pink to red flowers that appear with the leaves.

Sowing: Sow seeds in summer in a well drained medium.

Locality: Upington. Harvest: January 2024